Word and Water

Wren's baptism was today, and she performed beautifully. Slept through the whole thing, in fact. Some pictures from the day.

I took some video of the event. I think this may be the closest Pastor Rinden has gotten to total immersion.



I wanted to get a shot of her with her eyes open, but didn't turn out so well.

And finally, some video of her. Ignore the conversation

Wren

Andy sent some great pictures he took. He gave me permission to share them with you.

nickname update

So, I have a new name for JAC. About a month ago I tried Pippen, and he and his siblings loved it. It's so fun to hear him calling himself Pippen, and him calling the girls Lolly or Nani. The kid is talking up a storm, and getting into all kinds of trouble. He was sleeping when the others met Marin (Wren until I/we come up with something better), so I don't think he has any understanding of what this bodes, but he's very into babies right now, so I'll try to keep you up-to-date on Pip's progress.

Marin Linnae

I got a call at 4:00 this morning saying that Marin Linnae Carlson was born early this morning. Mom and baby are both doing well. She's been sleeping both times I've seen her, even with the hubbub of all the brothers and sisters this afternoon. Tracie said she's been really quiet all day and hopes that it lasts. So enough talk and on to the pictures.

Merry Christmas

We had sushi for Christmas, and in a complete reversal of the expected, everyone liked it except A. Thanks for the great idea Mom! I had a lot of fun decorating the house for Christmas, and the Swedish meatballs turned out all right, but needed more gravy (can you ever have enough gravy?). I love seeing the kids learning things and figuring out how stuff, including language, works. When I told the kids that the fish on the "sushi" was called Swedish fish, Lolly stated, that's probably why they're sweet (sweetish, Swedish).

And the stockings under the tree(s)

Thanksgiving 2008

Another Thanksgiving come and gone. I was lucky enough to have lots of family here. Mom came down with NB, Frankie, and Mugsie on Thanksgiving day and got to stay through today. Thanksgiving dinner was in Stewartville, but some time at my house on Saturday and Sunday too. Enjoy the pictures, it was sure fun to have everyone here, but we missed Dad.

Nerstrand

It was a beautiful fall weekend, so we decided to go to Nerstrand today after church. Enjoy some of the shots. Wish I could have got some video of JAC laughing as he crunched through the leaves.